Many of my clients come to me due to low back pain, and a staggering 80% of adults are estimated to experience a back injury in their lifetime.
However, suppose you learn how to organize your body and initiate and coordinate movement to distribute forces to reduce the likelihood of injury.
One of the most fundamental movement patterns is a proper hip hinge.
Far too many people never learn to hinge from their hips. Instead, they round their back to pick items up from the ground, leaving their backs vulnerable, especially under heavy loads.
In this video, I show you one easy way to use a stick or pole to maintain the length of your spine while beginning to hinge or fold from the hips.
In step one, we keep the legs straight and simply fold the torso forward. In other words, we are moving the pelvis on top of the femur (the thigh bone). The pole stays connected to the back of your head, thoracic spine, and sacrum. (Of course, some people's structure may not allow for all three points of contact).
In step two, we fold the legs by driving the hips back as the torso folds forward.
Do you have a favorite method for developing your hip hinge?
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